The function that this topic describes might
not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and
client access licenses have been defined for your user account. You can search for a lab resource
that matches the hardware and software configurations that you need
for your testing effort. You can find out when the lab resource is
available, and then select the lab resource and reserve it for a specified
period.
Ensure that there is a test environment defined with the hardware
and software attributes that you need.
To find and reserve a lab resource that matches a specific
test environment for a specified period:
- In the left sidebar, point to the Lab Management icon
(
), and click Find
Lab Resource. The Find Lab Resource editor opens. This
editor is case-sensitive.
- Under Search Criteria, click the Select
lab resource description icon (
). The Select
Lab Resource Description window opens.
- Click the test environment to use to search for a lab resource.
Under Search Criteria, the name of the test
environment and the lab resource that is defined in the test environment
are displayed, along with the attributes that are defined for the
lab resource. Availability contains options
to reserve a lab resource for today, tomorrow, the next two days,
and the next five days. You can select one of these options to reserve
the lab resource for these amounts of time.
- In From, click the calendar icon
(
), and
select the date to start using the lab resource; then select the start
time.
- In Until, click the calendar icon,
and select the date to finish using the lab resource; then select
the end time.
- Click Search. Lab resources that
are available during the dates and times you specified and that match
the criteria in the test environment you selected are displayed in
the list.
- Select the checkbox for a lab resource, and click the Reserve
Machine icon (
).
The Reserved column displays the Reserve Machine icon and the lab
resource is reserved for you for the dates and times
that you specified.
- Click the lab resource. The details editor for the lab
resource are displayed.
- Point to Reservations, and click
the Expand icon (
). The dates for which the
lab resource is reserved and the name of the person who reserved it
are displayed.